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The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef
18 minutes Posted Mar 6, 2025 at 11:15 am.
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Last year, 9,000 deceased donor kidneys were discarded due to storage and time limitations. A kidney “life support” machine could change that. Also, the SS United States will join Florida’s 4,300 artificial reefs—human-made places for fish and other marine life to live. How do these reefs work?